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Definition: Distinctive Feature |
Distinctive FeatureNoun1. An odd or unusual characteristic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Distinctive FeatureSynonym: peculiarity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Speciality | Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Distinctive Feature |
| English words defined with "distinctive feature": differentiate, distinguish ♦ historic period ♦ mark ♦ zone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "distinctive feature": pretest. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Francisella tularensis is a poorly staining, very tiny gram-negative coccobacillus (0.2-0.7 m), seen mostly as single cells. Bipolar staining is not a distinctive feature. Credit: CDC. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The abolition of existing property relations is not at all a distinctive feature of Communism. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | France | The most distinctive feature of the French judicial system is that it is divided into the Constitutional Council and the Council of State. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "distinctive feature"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | varemærkets distinktive element (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onderscheidend kenmerk van het merk (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tunnusmerkki (characteristic, mark, sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | élément distinctif de la marque (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unterscheidungsmerkmal (differential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διακριτικό χαρακτηριστικό του σήματος (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | elemento distintivo del marchio (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 弁別 性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | べ"べつそせい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | istinctiveday eaturefay elemento distintivo da marca (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) отличительная черта (lineament). (various references) elemento distintivo de la marca (distinctive feature of the mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-i-i-i-n-r-s-t-t-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: underactivities. | |
-5 letters: adventuristic, retentivities, taciturnities. | |
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